Texas Gov. Rick Perry is poachin’ in New York

As my colleague Brian Nearing reports in today’s paper, Texas Gov. Rick Perry will visit with “business leaders” next week during a tour designed to pitch them on the merits of relocating in Texas. A Republican who ran for president last year, Perry is visiting several blue states as part of a larger campaign that includes a $1 million television advertising campaign. The ad is below.

Our own Gov. Andrew Cuomo preemptively addressed Perry’s visit during a press conference yesterday by touting one of his new initiatives: “They have zero (income) taxes … that is what we are competing with … talk about a move overnight that would level the playing field. That is the tax-free zone.”